ABSTRACT
El síndrome antisintetasa se caracteriza por la asociación de enfermedad pulmonar intersticial, clínica inflamatoria sistémica y artritis, miositis, manos de mecánico y fenómeno de Raynaud, todo ello en presencia de anticuerpos antisintetasa, fundamentalmente anti-Jo1. La ausencia de afectación muscular es infrecuente. Presentamos un caso de un paciente varón de 68 años con síndrome antisintetasa en ausencia de miopatía inflamatoria (AU)
Antisynthetase syndrome is a well defined syndrome characterized by the presence of interstitial lung disease in association with arthritis, miositis, mechanics hands and Ruynauds phenomenon in the presence of antisynthetase antibodies, especially Ac anti-Jo1. We described the case of a 68-year-old man with this syndrome in the absence of inflammatory muscle disease (AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Aged , Lung Diseases, Interstitial/complications , Myositis/complications , Arthritis/complications , Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Dyspnea/etiologyABSTRACT
Antisynthetase syndrome is a well defined syndrome characterized by the presence of interstitial lung disease in association with arthritis, miositis, mechanic's hands and Ruynaud's phenomenon in the presence of antisynthetase antibodies, especially Ac anti-Jo1. We described the case of a 68-year-old man with this syndrome in the absence of inflammatory muscle disease.
